Hmm. Not sure this plot makes much sense. Certainly the main female characters dont act with the intelligence it shows on their report cards. He said he's not up to it, says he can't do it, then they blame him for not doing it. I think IQs just took a dive - does a betrayal need such stupid premise.
There will have to be some tortuous logic path to explain their behaviour. Will watch to see if the next episode but I'm not going to be hoping for much.
It's not unusual when a Dev is setting a world for things to seem like they are not making sense, but be revealed bit by bit along the way. We don't know if the girls are acting intelligently or not, because we don't know what their true agenda is. Ashley's inner monologue in the gym bathroom and a couple of their conversations indicate that they are clearly up to something that only they know about.
Laura tells Vincent she's sorry a couple of times, but won't explain further and we know nothing yet from before the first amnesia. Was Vincent in a relationship with either or both of them? At the moment I have no idea who to trust.
There's also the hint from Norman that Ashley has something wrong in her head due to what happened with Chloe just over six months ago. Is there 2 people living in her head?
I'm prepared to run with it for now and see how it develops, the end of the current update had a feeling of it just getting started, so I'll see what the next update brings.